Tallinn street art
Tallinn hosts a street arts festival and as you wander through the not-historic part of the town you come across some really exciting stuff.
And then there was food
We had dinner at Sagadi manor house. Super Delicious!
An elk
We saw an Elk yesterday – no kidding. We were walking though Plamse manor when suddenly an elk stepped out of the stream onto the opposite bank and stared at us for a while. I was so perplexed that my photographic attempts failed. This is what i got. So cool.
Manor houses
Estonia has a huge amount of manor-houses! Some have been restored to their former glory and are open to the public. Here a map of Estonia with every red dot representing a manor. By the way, the translation in Palmse Manor talks of landord-of-the-manor, which sounds so much nicer than…
Hobbits
As all the hotels in Narva were full we drove to Palmse where we found a very nice “Gasthaus” with some rather interesting accommodations – Hobbit-houses!
Russia
And then it was time to go towards the Russian border. From Tallinn it is only about 200 km to the Russian border and the tourist guide promised an exceptional experience and a castle built by the Danes in the 13th century. Off we went. As you approach Narva and…
Oandu Nature Centre
We took a car to get into the country side and explore more of Estonia. What a stunning place! Endless walks, beautiful country side and to top it all – great blue skies. Here we are at the RMK Oandu Nature Centre.
Tallinn Old City Marina
We checked it at the Old City Marina in Tallinn and to my surprise only an hour later the harbour displayed the Austrian flag, indicating that an Austrian visitor is here. This is the first time this has happened to Akka! May thanks for the honour!
Approaching Tallinn
It is always exciting to approach a new harbour and it is even more exciting to do it in a busy ferry harbour like Tallinn. Huge “Gemeindebauten” (Ships the size of tower blocks) come and go and you have to wait your turn to enter the harbour. Apparently there are…
Estonia
We have reached Estonia! And we did it in style and under blue skies.